Glorified dinosaurs: the origin and early evolution of birds
2007; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 44; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.44-6236
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
ResumoPreface. Chapter One. Mesozoinc Birds and Their World. Chapter Two. The Ancestry of Birds and the Origin of Flight. Chapter Three: The Bizarre Mononykus and its Kin: An Evolutionary Experiment. Chapter Four. Archaeopteryz: The Earliest Bird. Chapter Five. Rahonavis and Other Long-tailed Birds. Chapter Six. The Firs Short-Tailed Birds. Chapter Seven. The Great Mesozoic Radiation: The Flying Enantiornithes. Chapter Eight. Early Predecessors of Modern Birds. Chapter Nine. Hesperornis and its relatives: Divers of the Cretaceous Seas. Chapter Ten. The Beginnings of Modern Birds. Epilogue. Acknowledgements. Glossary. Index.
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